Improvement in cakeiage tops



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Carriage-Top.

Patented Sept. 24, 1867.

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PETER OWENS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 69,119, dated .S'eptember 24,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE TOPS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, PETER OWENS, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCarriage Tops; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and the letters and figures marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 represents anedge view of my invention with the attachment hereinafter described.

Figure 2, a side view of the same.

Figure 4, a side view without the attachment.

Figure 5, an edge view, and

Figure 3 a transverse sectional view at the line 1: in fig. 2.

Figure 6, the invention as attached to a two-seated carriage, thedottcdlines denoting the change made for the purpose of folding back thetop.

The nature of my invention consists in anovel joint for the bow-ironsfor carriage tops, and also in a novel attachment to one of thebow-irons of a two-seated folding-top carriage, used for the purpose offacilitating the folding of the top, as hereafter described.

'Io enable those skilled in the art to manufacture and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the same with particularity.

A represents the principal bow-iron, and B the iron which is firmlyattached to the carriage seat, and to which the bow-iron A is jointed;but, instead of an ordinary hinge-joint, there is a strap, C, whichpasses around the end of the seat-iron B, and is firmly secured to thebow-iron A by means of the screws D. By this method of attaching Idispense with the ordinary screw and nut on the end of the seat-iron,and thereby make a more durable and substantial joint. When the carriagehas two seats, as indicated by fig. 6, there is a piece, F, screwed intothe edge of the bow-iren attached to the rear seat, which piece is soconstructed that the bowiron, being detached at the front seat byremoving the screws D, and being swung back into the position shown bythe dotted lines, fig. 6, can be attached to said piece F by simplypassing one side of the strap C through the eye I-I, adjusting thebow-iron A therein, and replacing the screws D. When this change is madethe whole top will fold back similar to the top of a single-seatedcarriage. I I are the auxiliary bow-irons, and may be attached eitherside of the bow-iron A, to conform to the different styles of carriagetops. 3 J are screw 01' bolt-holes for the purpose of attaching thewooden bows to the irons.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The bow-iron of a carriage top and seat-iron B, when constructedsubstantially as described, and co n nccted' or jointed together bymeans of the strap O and screws D, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2. I claim providing the bow-iron A with the piece F, when constructedand operating substantially as and for the purposes described.

PETER OWENS. Witnesses:

W. E. MARKS, L. L. Comma;

